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Definition of brood

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Brood (v. i.) To sit on and cover eggs, as a fowl, for the purpose of warming them and hatching the young; or to sit over and cover young, as a hen her chickens, in order to warm and protect them; hence, to sit quietly, as if brooding..

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Cluck :: Cluck (v. i.) To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen..

Covey :: Covey (n.) A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges..

Chaw :: Chaw (v. t.) To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over.

Brood :: Brood (v. i.) To have the mind dwell continuously or moodily on a subject; to think long and anxiously; to be in a state of gloomy, serious thought; -- usually followed by over or on; as, to brood over misfortunes..

Team :: Team (n.) A group of young animals, especially of young ducks; a brood; a litter..

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) Heavy waste in tin and copper ores.

Brooded :: Brooded (imp. & p. p.) of Broo.

Brood :: Brood (a.) Sitting or inclined to sit on eggs.

Eelfare :: Eelfare (n.) A brood of eels.

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young birds hatched at one time; a hatch; as, a brood of chickens..

Nye :: Nye (n.) A brood or flock of pheasants.

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To think anxiously or moodily upon.

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate..

Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) To sit over, cover, and cherish; as, a hen broods her chickens..

Broody :: Broody (a.) Inclined to brood.

Polygoneutic :: Polygoneutic (a.) Having two or more broods in a season.

Brood :: Brood (v. t.) That which is bred or produced; breed; species.

Covey :: Covey (v. i.) To brood; to incubate.

Eye :: Eye (n.) A brood; as, an eye of pheasants..